Case Fan Config/Layout

[jellisellis31]

Case (ASUS TUF GT501) https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Gaming-Cases/TUF-Gaming/TUF-Gaming-GT501/

I have a 360mm Rad and would like to put it on top of my case.


I am fairly new to building PC's so I do not know what I should have as intake and exhaust fans. I was thinking about 3 front be intake, top and back outtake. However then there is Negative pressure, then I thought about top and front as intake and back as outtake (Back fan is 140mm).


Any help would be appreciated

Sorry if this is in the wrong forums.

 

[jellisellis31]

Negative pressure always best but draws in dust.

AIO at top, exhausting, one rear fan exhaust, front 3 as intake. But set their rpm to be greater so you'll hit almost perfect balanced flow. Rear fan can be on low rpm with AIO fans controlled by CPU temp

So I should have the front intakes faster than the exhausts? Would 6 intake and 1 exhaust not be enough?

I'm spending a lot of money on this rig so don't wanna kill it lol. Thank you for your help.

 

[jellisellis31]

If you put the rad at the top that wont be 6 intakes, 3 intakes front 3 exhaust top rad and 1 rear . It will cool well dont worry just a slight increase in fron fan speed will balance out the cooling as mentioned by @orbitalwalsh

Sorry for all the question, would a front rad not be a bad idea? I'm being told different things on different forums lol.

Again thank you for the help.

If it makes any difference my CPU is going to be the Ryzen 7 5800x